Finland has become the second nation to deploy F-35 fighter jets to Ebbing Air National Guard Base, joining Poland in what military officials describe as an expanding international pilot training program critical to allied defense capabilities.
Japan to test networked missile system where one missile finds targets for another to destroy
Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) began distributing technical materials on Jan. 16 from its 2025 symposium, revealing significant progress on a missile development program that fundamentally changes how stand-off weapons operate. The Island Defense New Anti-Ship Guided Missile program will conduct a major flight test in fiscal year 2027 that demonstrates something unusual in missile warfare: two missiles working together, with one finding targets and the other destroying them.
Source: ALTA
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Australia’s MC-55A Peregrine heads home via Hawaii
Australia’s MC-55A Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare (ISREW) is heading for home. Flight tracking services have located the aircraft with FAA registration N584GA landing in Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Hawaii. At the same time, photos of the aircraft in Hawaii have appeared on social media as well.
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South Korea deploys Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile to frontline units
South Korea has begun deploying its most powerful conventional ballistic missile to frontline military units, defense officials confirmed on Jan. 18, marking a significant expansion of the country’s deterrence capabilities against North Korea.
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Grey Wolf helicopters complete first operational nuclear convoy mission
Two U.S. Air Force MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters conducted their first operational Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile convoy escort on Jan. 8.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jack Rodriguez Escamilla
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